Toy house



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Patented Apr. 29, 1930 warren STATES AT N OFF ANDREW THOMPSON, or NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T TH nnnossrnq COMPANY, OFALBANY, NEW roam-a. CORPORATION 'OF new ,YORK

TOY H USE Application filed May 19,

This invention relates to collapsibletoy houses for childrens use and it is in the nature of an improvement on the device clescribed in the expired patent of M. E. Campbell, No. 635,994, dated October 31, 1899,.in

which folding walls and partitions are set upright in a flat box the lid of which down over the walls and partitions to form the roof.

One form of my improvement is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view showing the complete outfit, collapsed.

Fig. 2 is a view of the folding walls, laid out flat.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, of the house set up for use, with toy furniture in place. v

The outfit shown comprises a shallow box or receptacle 10 of stout cardboard, rectangular in plan, preferably square or nearly of that shape, provided with an upper lid 11 and a lower lid 12. All three of these parts are used in making the house, as will be explained hereinafter. Itwill be observed that both lids are shown somewhat larger, in horizontal dimensions, than the box itself, so as to leave a narrow space along at'least three adjoining sides. In the box is a platform 13, of cardboard, having its edges bent down 39 as indicated at 14 to support the platform at a suitable height in the box. This platform is designed to hold the several pieces of toy furniture of appropriate size, and for this purpose it is provided with openings, as 15, in which the articles are removably fitted,

to prevent the articles shaking about in handling and shipment. The platform may be removable or it may be fastened in place by glue or otherwise, as desired. The walls of the house illustrated are shown at 16,17, 18, and are composed of cardboard and are made in a single strip, adapted to collapse or fold along two vertical lines 18 for, convenient packing in the box 10 as shown in Fig. 1, or, if desired, in the lower lid 12 under the bottom of the box. 7

To set up the house the furniture is removed and the box,10, is placed bottom-up in one of the lids, say the lower, 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The walls are now un- 1928. I Serial No. 278,953.

folded and set downinto thespacebetween the sides of the box and the sides of the lidl2, and the other lid is inverted on vtop of [the walls to form the ceiling or roof, as in Fig. The furniture can be arranged as desired, on

V the bottom of the box,which serves asthe floor. The floor may be printedto represent parquetry flooring, with rugs thereon, or otherwise appropriately decorated, if .desired, or rugs of paper or thiIhClOf h (no shown) may be provided asapart of the outfit, to be placedon the fioorinany desired positions. The door shown in the back Wall 17 may,- becut along the bottom, topand one side edge, and bent to swing on theother-side edge. Then another housemay be erected and setup with its @open front againstithe rear .wall 17 of thef'first, thusforming. an; other room. A third, room can be similarly arrangedagainstjthe side walllfi, the door. in the latter having been cut so as to open and close likethe first mentioneddoori. .The walls fit. snugly in the, space p iovided for thembetween'the box andth elli d and are thus well supported at thegbottom and held against bulging inwardly aswellfas outwarde ly, thereby permitting the doorsf. .to'cbe opened or closed by the youthful. user with;

out distorting the walls. The floor, formed 1 by the bottomcof the box,-:is-at a height which permits all parts of it to be easily seen and allows the furniture to be conveniently shifted about.

Only three walls are shown in Fig. 3 two side walls and a rear wallbut a front wall also may be provided if desired. 7 In that case I prefer to have the ends of'the cardboard strip joined, as bymeans of'a cloth hinge, not shown, and arrange the four sections to fold as in Fig. 4, in which the fourth or'front wall is, designated 19. The front wall would be provided with a door, which could be opened and closed. The box andlids are preferably made of heavy cardboard, and the corners may be relnforced to give them additional strength. The wall strip is preferably printed to simulate the inner and outer wallsurfacesof'a I l it real house, including doors, curtained windows, pictures, and sconces.

It isto be understood that the invention is notlimited to the specific embodiment i1- lustrated and described herein but can be embodied in other forms without departure from its spirit as defined by the appended claims. V

I claim l 1. Acollapsible toy house comprising a shallow box having two lids, in one of which the boxis remowably arranged bottom up,

vertical outer walls consisting of a foldable strip of cardboard inserted between the sides ofthe box and the adjacent sides of thesaid 11d and supported thereby, and the other lid fitted down over the top of the walls,said

foldable strip being adapted when folded to be housed lapsed. V 7

f2. An outfit for making a toy house, com:- prising a box consisting of a shallow rectangular receptacle-and upper and lower lids therefor, of Sl ghtly largerhorizontal dimensions than the receptacle itself, and a folding strip of cardboard housed in the box and in the box when the houseis coladapted to fit between the sides of the receptacle and the sides of one of the lids to form the outer walls ofv the house, the other lid being adapted to fit down over the top of the walls of the house to form the ceiling. 3. An outfit for making a toy house comprising a box consisting of a'shallow rectangular receptacle andt'wo lids therefor, a foldingfwall strip housed in the box and;

adapted to fit between the sides of the receptacle and the sides of one of the lids to form the outer walls when the receptacle is placed 7 bottom up in such lid, the other lid being adapted to'fit down over the top of the wallstrip to form the ceiling, means in the receptacle for relnovably holding articles of toy furniture of appropriate size, and a plurality of such articles of toy furniture held by a said means.

In testimonywhereof 111mm affix my signature. Y

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